Viv

She may be a bit toned down, and may just want to stay at home with her family, as she has been away from her family for so long.

I am looking forward to seeing her again, I love when she gossips it hasn't been the same without her, with the likes of the OAP's having a gossip, it just didn't feel the same without Viv.

Prison will more than likely have changed her but I hope she will soon be the same interferring Viv we all knew and loved. :D

When is she more than likely back on screen?

I think it will be August/September :)

Hopefully the Bob/Gennie thing would have fizzled out and we can have the old gossiping mutton dressed as lamb Viv back.

Viv has been gone for too long- I miss her there is no way that Bob and Gennie could work but I wonder how Viv will be towards Bob as she hasn't wanted to see him for so long

Emmerdale actress Deena Payne has returned to filming with the show following her year-long break.

In 2007, the 54-year-old, who plays Viv Hope in the Yorkshire serial drama, announced her intention to take a 12-month break to spend more time with her family and concentrate on her charity.

Her exit storyline saw her screen counterpart Viv sentenced to a year's imprisonment after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud when conman Freddie Yorke (Keith Woodason) stole her charity money and left her to foot the blame.

However, the lives of her family and friends have moved on significantly since her departure, as her husband Bob's (Tony Audenshaw) financial crisis resulted in Brenda Walker (Lesley Dunlop) investing in the business, while he has also recently been struggling with his feelings for flatmate and co-worker Gennie Walker (Sian Reece-Williams).

Speaking of her return, Payne said: "The year off did just the trick. I have come back to lots of big hugs and smiley faces which makes it pretty much worth having had the time off. By my second scene it felt like I had never been away but had just gained loads of enthusiasm."

She added: "I am ready to handle whatever fantastic storylines are thrown at me."

Audenshaw added: "It's great to have Deena back. By our second scene together it felt like she had never been away, which is testament to her as an actress. Viv and Bob have some great scenes together coming up and I am really looking forward to getting stuck in."

Payne returned to filming last week and will make her screen comeback on July 14.

She has to come back before Bob makes an idiot of himself with Gennie!

Can you imagine the bickering that will happen when she finds out about Brenda investing in her place?

I totally agree on the part were she has to come back before something stupid happens between Bob and Gennie, as that relationship/fling is just plain wrong, as he is old enough to be her Father:sick:

I cannot wait for the fireworks between her Bob and Brenda, over the whole business deal.:nono: